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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1939-03-22

1939-03-22-001

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VOL. 17.—NO. 21.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1939—EIGHT PAGES
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s Win State Title With Close 24
Mohler Sinks Winning Point in
Closing Seconds Against Sandusky
Given Little Chance To Survive More Than One Game in State
Tourney, Vikings Step Into Role of Giant Killers As They
Literally Walk Away With State Honors
With but 90 seconds remaining in
the ball game and the score tied at
23-all, Roy Mohler stepped calmly to
the foul line, and pitched through
what proved to be the winning point
in the most .thrilling- encounter of the
state tournament as North Canton
edged a powerful Sandusky St.
Mary's team 24 to 23 and thus became state Cla&s B champions for the
lirst time in the history i-of the school.
It also marked the -team's 22nd
straight .win and their 23rd of the
season as against four losses.
It was a brilliant game from beginning to end and the last 24 seconds
turned tlje entire Coliseum into bedlam as tlie Saints took posession oJ
the ball out-of-bounds after the Vikings lost the ball. Here fate stepped
in and Smith in his anxiety to heave
a long pass to Riccardi cutting- for
the basket, threw" the ball over his
head and oil' the court. However, the
thrills were not yet-over for Sandusky again recovered the ball and
Art Link, scintillating forward, fired
a one-handed shot that Bill Ashbaugh
recovered and to all intents and purposes the game was over for only
eight seconds remained.
At the sound of the final gun, more
than 1,000 North Canton rooters
went into" a frenzy, as they ,realized
the game was over and the Vikings
were state champions. They were not
alone in tlie cheering for hundreds o!
others also yelled their acclaim of a
great team.
To single out any one man for
praise would be. impossible for each
and every boy played his heart out
throughout! the entire game and tournament. Utilizing every opportunity,
they literally passed the Saints oil
their feet at all stages of the game,
seemingly -never in a hurry hut content to wait until a good shot opened up and then dropping, the ball
through. Thcif clever ball handl.nc.'
earned the,.praise and admiration ol
everyone as did their sportsmanship.
Defense Practically Perfect
The work of Sterling Pollock beneath the :basket was beautiful to
watch for ^almost invariably it wa?
he who came down somehow with the
ball clutched in his arms, either dribbling it out or passing to a waitini:
teammate. ,.The old Musketeer slogar
of "All for-'.'one and one Tor all" wa:
never more real than it was through
out the entire tournament-
Perhaps the coolest man on the
door was Roy Mohler,".who alth'ougl'
finding himself covered pretty thoroughly dropped in two long heaves,
besides having the task of 'checking
Link, Sandusky captain and one of
the outstanding players in the tourney. It was. Link who keiit the. Saints
in the runnihg with his uncanny one-
handed shots, especially during thc
last half. A dangerous player at all
limes, he met his match in Mohler
who allowed him but four fielders
three of these being one-hand tosses
impossible to prevent. His accurac;
on these seemingly wild heaves wa.'
almost unbclieveablc.
Then too, .Bill Ashbaugh Jilayed an
important role for with Junior Spoo-
seller's aid niany of the fast breaks-
used by therSandusky team went for
naught as they converged on the man
with the ball and took it away from
him or., slowed him up sufficiently to
allow the Viking defense to set itself. That calls for clever and close,
guarding and these two boys gave almost perfect illustrations on how it
is done. Stretch M-urphy and Joe
Peters also turned in fine performances and played no small part in the
Viking victory. Joe worked under thc
handicap of" a "charley horse" bu!
managed to'j connect . twice on his
trickv push shots that baffled opponents throughout the year. '
Vikings Open Scoring
For two minutes of the opening
period neither team was able to score
as both played cautiously taking no
chances at any time. Finally Motile;
set himself and swished a long shot
for the first points of the game. His
points were matched a few moments
later by Smith who dropped two free
throws to knot the count after be'ng
fouled by Mohler. These were the
only points Sandusky scored in the
first period as the Vikings turned on
the heat as -Pollock connected on a
follow-up shot to send North Canton
hack into the lead. Fouled by Riccardi, Pollock' made good and less
than a minute later Mohler also drop
ped a charity, toss and North Canton
led by six points. Shortly, before th:
quarter gun Murphy took a rebound
and batted it- in leaving tlie Vikings
in front 8 to- 2.
The Saints 'came, to life in the first
minutes of the second as Link fired
bis first one-handed shot and then
came through with two free throws
after being fouled by Pollock to nar:
row the gap .to but two points. Riccardi then arched a shot from the
corner which knotted the count at -8-
all and it seemed that Sandusky was
about to tak? over the lead for the
first time. '
However, North Canton snapped
but of their momentary lethargy and
proceeded to go lo work with deadly
intent that scion pulled them out in
front. Pollock dumped his second foi-1
low-up shot and Mohler split the , pulling' for the boys to come th'rougl
meshes with a hea?e from near the I We also appreciate the interest taken
center of the floor. Stanley fouled i by Dr. Warburton who came un to
Ashbaugh as he attempted a shot and j the hotel rooms and took it upon him-
Bill made both to give Norlh Canton : self to treat those boys who had been
a six point lead. Murphy then came; injured during the course of the
through with .'a whirling one-handed j games.
shot that left the Vikings on the long
end of an 18 to 10 count.
Sandusky Cuts Lead
Following the rest period, St.
Mary's went to work with devastating effects as Stanley dropped a shot
from the' confer. Peters came back
with a follow-up shot for the only
North Canton points in this period.
Sponseller fouled Link and the latter
made good. He came storming right
back with a one hand shot from near
the foul line and this was followed
by Smith's doubledecker from the
side which pulled them up to within
three points. Stamm then broke
through with his only field goal of
the evening which left the Saints
trailing by a point as the fourth period started.
The Vikings reversed the tables in
the "early minutes of the last quartei
as Ashbaugh made good his free
throw after being fouled by Riccardi.
Pollock then hit his third action shot
of the game from the side and North
Canton held a four point advantage.
Link's follow-up shot pulled Sandusky
closer and successive fouls by Riccardi and Link finally knotted the
count at 23-all with three minutes remaining. At this point the Coliseum
turned into a bedlam of noise as backers of both teams yelled encouragement to their boys.
Neither team could seem to gain
much advantage during the next minute and a half until Mohler in attempting to break up Stamm's dribble
was fouled and came through with
the point that decided the game.
Scoring honors went to Pollock
with seven points on three fielders
and a free throw while Link paced
rfandusky with four doubledeckers and
a like number of fouls for 12 points.
North Canto»i 34, Spring Valley 27
In their opening game of the tour-
nev the Vikings handed Spring Valley
a 31 to 27 setback behind the 21
points scored by Mohler and Peters.
Both teams played carefully the
first period which ended in a 5 to 5
deadlock. In the second Nortli Canton began to hit their stride and built
up a 12 to 5 lead before Spring Val-
lev rallied lo pull up to 16' to 13 al
the half.
The second half was all North Canton as they pulled away to a five
point lead at the end of the third
and continued to set a merry pace in
the last frame to win going away.
Nortli Canton 28, Green Twp. 25
In a brilliant exhibition of offensive
and defensive strength. North Canton halted Green Townsip's sensational winning streak of 30 straight
games by handing them a 28 to 25
loss.
With Mohler setting a torrid pace
in thc first quarter, they pulled away
lo a 10 to 2 lead before Township
rallied to narrow the margin to 11-7
at the end of the frame.
Continuing their drive, Green township, behind the one-hand shots of
Caudill, elongated center, finally forged into a 14 to 13 lead midway in the
quarter. At this point, Mohler and
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State Class BJChampions
Sportsmanship of
Team Earns Praise
Pictured above are members of the North Canton high school basketball team which upset
all dope to emerge from the state tournament with the Class B crown. Given but slim chan
zes to survive they battled some of the best teams in the state and encountered but little difficulty in their role of "gianl; killers."
Seated left to right: Roy Mohler, captain; Ben Swarner, Charles "Stretch" Murphy, Sterling Pollock, Joe Peters. Standing left to right: Junior Sponseller, Bill Ashbaugh, Bob Ginther,
Jim Sponseller, Coach Ray A. Swope.
License Plate Sale
Falls Below Normal
Express Thanks
We wish to take this opportunity
to express our thanks to everyone
who in any way-—large or small—
contributed lo the success of tlie
basketball team not only during the
tournament but throughout the season, it was only through this wholehearted cooperation that such success
was achieved.
We wish to extend our gratitude to
the Hoover company for loaning the
truck to transport band instruments
to Columbus and also our thanks to
the drivers, Mr. Liebtag, Mr. Mathie,
and Mr. Miller. We wish to further
thank the Hoover company for contracting for the broadcast of the
tournament games thus making it
possible for those unable to attend to
listen to the progress of their boys.
We wish to thank Mrs. Mays for the
splendid care she took of the band
people while they were in Columbus.
We also wish to express our thanks to
the management of the Community
building for permitting Jack Coughlin
to accompany the team to Columbus
where he was of tlie greatest assistance in caring for and entertaining
the team members during their stay
in lhe hotel rooms. .
To the Sun management we express our sincerest appreciation for
the splendid' support given the team
during Uie entire season. The spirited sport articles appearing in the
column from time to time seemed to
have been the very thing necessary
to rouse the boys to an appreciation
of the need for cooperation and team
work. To Bob Miller especially we
wish to give special acknowledgement
for his loyalty to the team, his efforts
in their behalf at all times and also
for his sacrificing his own interests
and staying in tlie hotel room with
the team members when whiling away
the monotonous hours of waiting was
not such an easy matter for the boys.
Wc wish to thank the many loyal
fans who made the trip to Columbus
to cheer the boys on and those who
although unable to make the trip were
Deputy Registrar Willis States
1,900 Still To Register
With hut eight days remaining before the present 1938 license plates
expire only slightly more than 600
of the estimated, 2,500 plates for this
vicinity have been issued according to
Ralph E. Willis, deputy registrar for
Plain township. »-■ -
Mr. Willis urges motorists who
have not yet secured their 1939 plates
to come in this week-end and the
early part of next week to avoid the
last minute rush on Thursdav. and
Friday.
"The sale of plates has been below
normal so far," Willis said, "and with
approximately 1,900 more plates to be
issued in this vicinity it appears there
will be a last minute rush to get them
as the deadline nears."
Loren Smith, who is assisting in
the registration, also revealed that
many motorists have been coming in
with only their 1938 license registration slip and that this is not suffi-
cent to receive new plates. It is
necessary to have a certificate of title,
or memorandum certificate, clerk's
certificate, or bill of sale in order to
purchase license plates.
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Mrs. Mary Buchman
Dies Tuesday Noon
Middlebranch Residents Sue
cuinbs After Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Mary Phillips Buchman, 84,
died in her home at Middlebranch
Tuesday noon following a lengthy illness.
Born in Canton, she moved with
her parents to Middlebranch at the
age of two and has resided there since
that time. Her husband preceded her
indeath several years ago.
She is survived by a. sister, Mrs.
Leatha Brown of Hopeland, Calif.;
a brother, George Phillips of near
Middlebranch; a grandniece, Dorothy
Royer, whom she raised.
At one time, Mrs. Buchman had
been a member of the Werner U. B.
church but in later years attended the
First Brethren church.
Funeral sendees will be held in the
home Friday afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
with the Rev. C. L. Warstler in
charge. Burial will be made in the
Warstler cemetery.
The body is at the Spiker Funeral
parlors and will be removed to the
home Thursday afternoon.
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100th Anniversary
of Greentown Church
Joyful Residents
Have Reception
for State Champs
Blaring Horns of Nearly 200
Autos Accompany Victorius
Team Through Massillon and
Canton on Return Trip
pivot shot shortly before Link dribbled in for a layup shot. Peters ended the first half scoring with a pivot
Raymond E. Trachsel
Raymond A. Swope
Francis E. Hammond
(Editors note: This is the second, installment of the history of
the Methodist church in Greentown as written by the pastor,
the Rev. L. E. Smith.)
The following pastors served the
church during this period: 1857, Rev.
Lane; 1859, Rev. Baker; 1864, F. D.
Fast; 186G, Wm. Gamble; 1868, J. W.
Shirer; 1871, G. D. Kinear; 1872, C.
M. McCasline; 1874, H. W. Stewart;
1876, W. Bedall; 1878, J. A. Wright;
1879, P. G. Edmunds; 1881, C, H. Edwards; 1882, J. W. Robins; 1885, G. F.
Oliver; 1888, J. R. Smith; 1888, J. G.
Slusser; 1889, Reverend Moses; 1892,
J. T. Herron; 1895, J. F. Huddleson;
1896, O. B. Jones; 1897, J. A. Rutledge; 1900, J. B. Manley; 1902, E, E.
Sparks.
It is not known when the first parsonage was built but during the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Robins in
1883 or 1884 the old parsonage was
moved away and the present one constructed. During the pastorate of
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Wildly acclaiming the team that annexed the state championship, residents of this community met them at
the county line upon their return from
Columbus and with blaring horns accompanied them back to North Canton Sunday afternoon.
In the neighborhood of 70 cars
awaited them when they arrived at
the line east of Massillon short after
2 p. m. A police escort led the parajje
through Massillon thence to Canton
and left on Cleveland avenue down
to the school where a short victory
celebration was held.
As the parade got under way, more
and more cars joined until nearly 200
cars made up the three-mile procession. With signs of every size and
description on cars proclaiming them
as champions and festooned in the
school colors, drivers did not spare
their horns on the way home.
Upon arrival at the school, the
team followed the band into the gymnasium which was filled completely
with happy cheering people. After a
stirring inarch played by the band,
C. B. Williams introduced Mayor
Frank Evans who welcomed the boys
back home and complimented them
on their victory.
Team, Townspeople Complimented
Clair Studer and Superintendent R.
E. Trachsel gave short talks praising the boys and the cooperation of
students and townspeople who backed
the team 100 per cent as they battled
for state honors. Coach Ray Swope
was then introduced and following his
short talk explaining how the boys
came through the boys themselves
were introduced.
As each boy stood, wild /cheering
literally lifted the rafters from the
building and despite the gladness of
the occasion there were many a tear
that coursed down the cheek of the
boys themselves and others in the
audience. At the conclusion of the
program individual congratulations
were in order.
On Friday afternoon a special assembly will be held in honor of the
bovs and presentation of the trophy
to the school will be made. The boys
will be further honored at the Father-
Son banquet in the evening.
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Birthday Celebration
W. B. A. Honors Members at
Regular Meeting
Twelve members of The Women's
Benefit association whose birthdays
occur in the first three months of the
year, were honored at the regular
meeting of the club last Friday evening.
Mrs. Elma Snyder who was 78 that
day is one of the oldest members.
Spring bouquets of red roses and
yellow daffodils lent an air of festivity to the occassion. Each table
was centered with a beautifully decorated birthday cake.
Each of the twelve honored guests
was presented with a red rose and a
beautiful crystal rose bowl.
The next regular meeting of the W.
B. A. will be held at the home of
Mrs. Ida Willigmann on Portage
street next Wednesday afternoon
March 29.
Letters Compliment Team and
Coach on Fine Play
Letters, phone calls and telegrams
have been received for the past three
days at the high school congratulating Coach Ray Swope and the team
on their victory but more so on the
sportsmanship shown by them in
tournament play.
Persons absolutely unknown lo
school . officials have been writing
stating they have never seen a team
that exhibited as much sportsmanship
as did the Vikings. They gained
many rooters at the tourney through
this medium and their praises have
been sung far and wide for this reason alone.
A striking example of Ibis was
passed on to us by Max Messerly who
while waiting for one of the games
was engaged in conversation by a
Columbus man who did not know that
Mr. Messerly was from North Canton.
This man showed a fine knowledge
of the game and revealed many interesting facts about the teams and
the players.
He finally began to discuss lhe
North Canton players and as he did
he stated that he had never seen a
finer and cleaner bunch of boys in
action than they. He raved about
their sportsmanship and told Mr.
Messerly to watch them as they played. As the boys came on the floor
he said, "I hope they come through
this tournament."
When the game got under way,
quite naturally Mr. Messerly began
to cheer for North Canton as did
his companion. Upon learning that
Mr. Messerly was from North Canton
his companion stated "You people in
North Canton should be proud over
the way those boys conduct themselves in their games. I've followed
basketball for many years and I've
never had more pleasure watching a
team play as I get from watching
those boys."
When the game was over and tho
boys had shook hands with the
referees and their opponents and
and walked off the floor with the boys
whom they had just defeated with
arms around them, this man Nirned
and said, "See what I mean. They
shake hands with th; referees, they
compliment their opponents and walk
off the floor with tiieir, lhe best of
friends. That's what 1 call real
sportsmanship and they certainly deserve to win this tournament an that
alone."
Appearance of the band also
brought forth much comment. Rated
as the snappiest band present, they
aided in no little way to keep the
spirits of the crowd and team at a
high ebb at all times. The expense
of keeping them in Columbus and
the team is quite adequately handled
by the large bonus the school received
by winning the championship.
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Roger Shoemaker,
Birdine Rayot Marry
Ceremony Performed in Louisville Church Recently
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Birdine Rayot
to Roger Shoemaker Saturday evening, March 4, in the Louisville Paradise Reformed parsonage with the
Rev. E. E. Zeichiel officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Rayot of 'Louisville
while the bridegroom is the son of
/-. . i ™;„. nff„_ "A ctrni,o-o I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shoemaker of
Greentown Juniors Offer A Stiangc | MiddIobranch.
To Have Annual
Father-Son
Banquet Friday
Jimmy Aiken, Akron University
Coach To Address Group On
Sports Rundainentals; Team
To Be Honored
Music Club Guests
of Woman's Club
Music Appreciation Theme of
Monday Evening Meeting-
North Canton Woman's club held
their evening meeting in the club
rooms of the Community building
March 20 with Dr. Hanson and the
North Canton Music club as guests.
Mrs. Foster Crawford, vice president, presided. Mrs. George Henderson, music chairman, introduced the
following artists:
William Meyer, violinist, accompanied by Gladys Crawford played
"Sonata in D Minor," "Allegro Con
Brio," "Scherzo-Allegro" and "Allegro."
Miss Catherine Andrews sang the
aria from "La Traviata" and Handel's
"Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre." The Hoover octette sang four numbers, "Soldier's Chorus" from Faust, "Homing"
by del Riego, "Lift Thine Eyes" and
"Winter Song" by Bullard.
The annual spring banquet will be
held at Shady Hollow country club,
Monday, April 10 at 6 o'clock. Reservations' can be made with Mrs. Trott.
Mrs. Spitler or Mrs. Bierie.
Following the meeting coffee was
served with Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.
Henderson pouring. Tables were decorated in spring colors. Members of
the executive board served as hostesses.
PRESENT THREE-ACT PLAY
The annual Father-Son banquet
sponsored by the Senior and Junior
Ili-Y's with .the cooperation of lhe
Rotary club will be held in the gymnasium of lhe Community building on
Friday evening of this week at (i:15
p. in. with Jimmy Aiken, coach at
Akron university, as guest speaker.
Aiken is very well known as a
speaker and his anecdotes and discussions of sports fundamentals
makes a very interesting talk. Members of the Stale Championship
basketball team will be spec.al gucsiu
at the banquet.
Tickets have been moving fast and
all those wishing to attend are asked
to make early reservations since it
wil! be limited to 400 persons. All
fathers and sons in the community are
urged to attend.
D. Robert Ginther, Senior Hi-Y
president, will serve as toaslmasLer
while his father, Henry J. Umther,
will act as co-loastmasler. Invocation will be by the Rev. N. B. Emch.
The musical part of the program will
be handled by the Hoover quartet and
Russell Rudy, pianist.
Raymond, of Canton, well-known
chef, will prepare a real Hal.an
spaghetti dinner which can be had
with or without meat. It will be
cafeteria style but 30 members of the
Girl Reserves will help fill seconds;.
The various churches in the community are loaning chairs, tables, and
silverware for the occasion.
The American Legion, Rotary,
business men and the Hoover company are cooperating to make the
team's part in the banquet a success
and the boys will be inliodueed by
Clair Studer. Following the banquet
a movie, Jackie Cooper in "Gangster's
Boy" will be shown.
The committee in charge of arrangements is composed of Bob Kidder, chairman; Glen Forney, Jim Jester, Tom Schick, Lawrence Bishop,
Frank Wise, C. F. McFadden, Ward
Mathie, William Nagle, Wayne Russell, C. B. Williams, T. G. Denton,
and Dave Glass.
New Studebaker
Announced
Bequest" Friday and Saturday
The three-act comedy, "A Strange
Bequest" will be given by the Greentown junior class Friday and Saturday evening in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m.
The play is under the direction of
Mr. Pontius and Mr. Coyle. Members
of the cast include Lois Wise, James
Roth, Virgil Cocklin, Wilbur Shoemaker, Helen Braumbaugh, Mildred
Hossler, Freda Miller, Almeda Brandon, Kathryn Jones.
Speaks at UB Church
They were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Slayman, sister and
brother-in-law of the bridegroom.
The bride wore a tea rose dress
with dubonnet accessories and a corsage of orchids. Mrs. Slayman wore
an Old Rose ensemble with matching
accessories and a corsage of gardenias.
Mrs. Shoemaker has been employed in the Louisville branch of the
Harter bank for many years while
Mr. Shoemaker is associated with the
Economy company of Hartville.
Upon their return from their
Florida wedding trip they will be at
home after April 1 on South Prospect
street, Hartville.
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Legionaires at I
District Conference
Dr. Dewey Whitweli
Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville,
Tenn., who will give two weeks of
evangelistic sermons, prayer praise
and testimony meetings at the First
United Brethren church, corner 5th
and Cleveland, SW., in Canton from
March 26 to April 9.
The meetings will be held every
evening except Saturday with special
music at all services.
Dedication of New Minerva
Home Also to Be Held
The North Canton post of the
American Legion will be represented
at the 10th district conference at
Minerva March 26, which day will
also be the dedication of the new-
Minerva Legion home.
Due to the large number of legionaries and auxiliary members being
out of town Friday, the birthday
party planned for that evening was
postponed and will in all probability
be held on March 31. According to
information received one North Canton student still remains in the running in the essay contest but the
pupil's name is. not known.
A baseball team sponsored by the
Legion was briefly discussed and
plans for Decoration day were again
brought up.
In checking over the old drum corp
equipment, the committee in charge
discovered there are five bugles missing from the post home. Some of
these probably have been in the hands
of former drum corp members since
the time of their disbanding. The
committee would be glad to have persons who have bugles to notify them
so that proper inventory and record
can be made.
Several members are planning to
attend the county council meeting being held this evening.
Now on Display At- Zumbach
Motor Sales
Four years of research and development by the Studebaker corporation
has culminated with the announcement of the new Studebaker champion
to compete in the low-priced field.
Engineers started with a clean
sheet of paper and before a line was
put on the drawing board, or a single
specification was determined upon,
thousands of owners and prospective
owners of lowest-priced cers were interviewed to develop a clear picture
of what sort of new ear would be
received with favor by havers in this
field.
An outstanding feature of this car
is the elimination of much dead
weight. Cutting out this excess
weight adds to the economy of operation an important factor for car owners in this field.
They have gone the limit in relieving car surfaces of such wind-catchers as door hinges, trunk hinges, protruding head and tail lamps, running
boards, wide rear fenders, each of
which has been guilty of wind drag
out of all proportion to its size.- This
car is now on display at the Zumbach
Motor sales at 327 North Main street.
Maple Festival
At Chardon To Be Held Four
Days Starting Thursday
With many atlractive features, ihe
annual Geauga County Maple festival will be held in Chardon, March
23, 2-1, 25 and 26. Maple syrup will
be made in old and modern camps
on the park.
As an added attraction to the famous log chopping contests, a cross cut
sawing event has been schedued. .411
northeastern Ohio couples married 50
years or over will be entertained at
a banquet March 23.
A pageant of Geauga county history is to be presented each afternoon
and evening with an orchestra and
cast of 100. Many northeastern Ohio
bands will play.
HONOrIjrTde' ELECT
With Miscellaneous Shower As Dale
of Wedding Approaches
Mrs. Leslie Stoner and Mrs. Clarence Floom were hostesses at a party
Friday evening given in honor of Miss
Dona Jeanne Stoner, bride-elect of
Robert Lee. Kreighbaum, with 30
guests present.
The evening was spent in novelty
games with awards going to Misses
Mildred Reigle, Helen Moore and
Ethel Winfiefd.
Decorations were a large shower
umbrella with wedding- bells hanging
from the chandalier. A plate lunch
was served with favors in keeping
with St. Patrick's day. Miss Stoner
was the recipient of a miscellaneous
shower.

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VOL. 17.—NO. 21.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1939—EIGHT PAGES
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s Win State Title With Close 24
Mohler Sinks Winning Point in
Closing Seconds Against Sandusky
Given Little Chance To Survive More Than One Game in State
Tourney, Vikings Step Into Role of Giant Killers As They
Literally Walk Away With State Honors
With but 90 seconds remaining in
the ball game and the score tied at
23-all, Roy Mohler stepped calmly to
the foul line, and pitched through
what proved to be the winning point
in the most .thrilling- encounter of the
state tournament as North Canton
edged a powerful Sandusky St.
Mary's team 24 to 23 and thus became state Cla&s B champions for the
lirst time in the history i-of the school.
It also marked the -team's 22nd
straight .win and their 23rd of the
season as against four losses.
It was a brilliant game from beginning to end and the last 24 seconds
turned tlje entire Coliseum into bedlam as tlie Saints took posession oJ
the ball out-of-bounds after the Vikings lost the ball. Here fate stepped
in and Smith in his anxiety to heave
a long pass to Riccardi cutting- for
the basket, threw" the ball over his
head and oil' the court. However, the
thrills were not yet-over for Sandusky again recovered the ball and
Art Link, scintillating forward, fired
a one-handed shot that Bill Ashbaugh
recovered and to all intents and purposes the game was over for only
eight seconds remained.
At the sound of the final gun, more
than 1,000 North Canton rooters
went into" a frenzy, as they ,realized
the game was over and the Vikings
were state champions. They were not
alone in tlie cheering for hundreds o!
others also yelled their acclaim of a
great team.
To single out any one man for
praise would be. impossible for each
and every boy played his heart out
throughout! the entire game and tournament. Utilizing every opportunity,
they literally passed the Saints oil
their feet at all stages of the game,
seemingly -never in a hurry hut content to wait until a good shot opened up and then dropping, the ball
through. Thcif clever ball handl.nc.'
earned the,.praise and admiration ol
everyone as did their sportsmanship.
Defense Practically Perfect
The work of Sterling Pollock beneath the :basket was beautiful to
watch for ^almost invariably it wa?
he who came down somehow with the
ball clutched in his arms, either dribbling it out or passing to a waitini:
teammate. ,.The old Musketeer slogar
of "All for-'.'one and one Tor all" wa:
never more real than it was through
out the entire tournament-
Perhaps the coolest man on the
door was Roy Mohler,".who alth'ougl'
finding himself covered pretty thoroughly dropped in two long heaves,
besides having the task of 'checking
Link, Sandusky captain and one of
the outstanding players in the tourney. It was. Link who keiit the. Saints
in the runnihg with his uncanny one-
handed shots, especially during thc
last half. A dangerous player at all
limes, he met his match in Mohler
who allowed him but four fielders
three of these being one-hand tosses
impossible to prevent. His accurac;
on these seemingly wild heaves wa.'
almost unbclieveablc.
Then too, .Bill Ashbaugh Jilayed an
important role for with Junior Spoo-
seller's aid niany of the fast breaks-
used by therSandusky team went for
naught as they converged on the man
with the ball and took it away from
him or., slowed him up sufficiently to
allow the Viking defense to set itself. That calls for clever and close,
guarding and these two boys gave almost perfect illustrations on how it
is done. Stretch M-urphy and Joe
Peters also turned in fine performances and played no small part in the
Viking victory. Joe worked under thc
handicap of" a "charley horse" bu!
managed to'j connect . twice on his
trickv push shots that baffled opponents throughout the year. '
Vikings Open Scoring
For two minutes of the opening
period neither team was able to score
as both played cautiously taking no
chances at any time. Finally Motile;
set himself and swished a long shot
for the first points of the game. His
points were matched a few moments
later by Smith who dropped two free
throws to knot the count after be'ng
fouled by Mohler. These were the
only points Sandusky scored in the
first period as the Vikings turned on
the heat as -Pollock connected on a
follow-up shot to send North Canton
hack into the lead. Fouled by Riccardi, Pollock' made good and less
than a minute later Mohler also drop
ped a charity, toss and North Canton
led by six points. Shortly, before th:
quarter gun Murphy took a rebound
and batted it- in leaving tlie Vikings
in front 8 to- 2.
The Saints 'came, to life in the first
minutes of the second as Link fired
bis first one-handed shot and then
came through with two free throws
after being fouled by Pollock to nar:
row the gap .to but two points. Riccardi then arched a shot from the
corner which knotted the count at -8-
all and it seemed that Sandusky was
about to tak? over the lead for the
first time. '
However, North Canton snapped
but of their momentary lethargy and
proceeded to go lo work with deadly
intent that scion pulled them out in
front. Pollock dumped his second foi-1
low-up shot and Mohler split the , pulling' for the boys to come th'rougl
meshes with a hea?e from near the I We also appreciate the interest taken
center of the floor. Stanley fouled i by Dr. Warburton who came un to
Ashbaugh as he attempted a shot and j the hotel rooms and took it upon him-
Bill made both to give Norlh Canton : self to treat those boys who had been
a six point lead. Murphy then came; injured during the course of the
through with .'a whirling one-handed j games.
shot that left the Vikings on the long
end of an 18 to 10 count.
Sandusky Cuts Lead
Following the rest period, St.
Mary's went to work with devastating effects as Stanley dropped a shot
from the' confer. Peters came back
with a follow-up shot for the only
North Canton points in this period.
Sponseller fouled Link and the latter
made good. He came storming right
back with a one hand shot from near
the foul line and this was followed
by Smith's doubledecker from the
side which pulled them up to within
three points. Stamm then broke
through with his only field goal of
the evening which left the Saints
trailing by a point as the fourth period started.
The Vikings reversed the tables in
the "early minutes of the last quartei
as Ashbaugh made good his free
throw after being fouled by Riccardi.
Pollock then hit his third action shot
of the game from the side and North
Canton held a four point advantage.
Link's follow-up shot pulled Sandusky
closer and successive fouls by Riccardi and Link finally knotted the
count at 23-all with three minutes remaining. At this point the Coliseum
turned into a bedlam of noise as backers of both teams yelled encouragement to their boys.
Neither team could seem to gain
much advantage during the next minute and a half until Mohler in attempting to break up Stamm's dribble
was fouled and came through with
the point that decided the game.
Scoring honors went to Pollock
with seven points on three fielders
and a free throw while Link paced
rfandusky with four doubledeckers and
a like number of fouls for 12 points.
North Canto»i 34, Spring Valley 27
In their opening game of the tour-
nev the Vikings handed Spring Valley
a 31 to 27 setback behind the 21
points scored by Mohler and Peters.
Both teams played carefully the
first period which ended in a 5 to 5
deadlock. In the second Nortli Canton began to hit their stride and built
up a 12 to 5 lead before Spring Val-
lev rallied lo pull up to 16' to 13 al
the half.
The second half was all North Canton as they pulled away to a five
point lead at the end of the third
and continued to set a merry pace in
the last frame to win going away.
Nortli Canton 28, Green Twp. 25
In a brilliant exhibition of offensive
and defensive strength. North Canton halted Green Townsip's sensational winning streak of 30 straight
games by handing them a 28 to 25
loss.
With Mohler setting a torrid pace
in thc first quarter, they pulled away
lo a 10 to 2 lead before Township
rallied to narrow the margin to 11-7
at the end of the frame.
Continuing their drive, Green township, behind the one-hand shots of
Caudill, elongated center, finally forged into a 14 to 13 lead midway in the
quarter. At this point, Mohler and
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State Class BJChampions
Sportsmanship of
Team Earns Praise
Pictured above are members of the North Canton high school basketball team which upset
all dope to emerge from the state tournament with the Class B crown. Given but slim chan
zes to survive they battled some of the best teams in the state and encountered but little difficulty in their role of "gianl; killers."
Seated left to right: Roy Mohler, captain; Ben Swarner, Charles "Stretch" Murphy, Sterling Pollock, Joe Peters. Standing left to right: Junior Sponseller, Bill Ashbaugh, Bob Ginther,
Jim Sponseller, Coach Ray A. Swope.
License Plate Sale
Falls Below Normal
Express Thanks
We wish to take this opportunity
to express our thanks to everyone
who in any way-—large or small—
contributed lo the success of tlie
basketball team not only during the
tournament but throughout the season, it was only through this wholehearted cooperation that such success
was achieved.
We wish to extend our gratitude to
the Hoover company for loaning the
truck to transport band instruments
to Columbus and also our thanks to
the drivers, Mr. Liebtag, Mr. Mathie,
and Mr. Miller. We wish to further
thank the Hoover company for contracting for the broadcast of the
tournament games thus making it
possible for those unable to attend to
listen to the progress of their boys.
We wish to thank Mrs. Mays for the
splendid care she took of the band
people while they were in Columbus.
We also wish to express our thanks to
the management of the Community
building for permitting Jack Coughlin
to accompany the team to Columbus
where he was of tlie greatest assistance in caring for and entertaining
the team members during their stay
in lhe hotel rooms. .
To the Sun management we express our sincerest appreciation for
the splendid' support given the team
during Uie entire season. The spirited sport articles appearing in the
column from time to time seemed to
have been the very thing necessary
to rouse the boys to an appreciation
of the need for cooperation and team
work. To Bob Miller especially we
wish to give special acknowledgement
for his loyalty to the team, his efforts
in their behalf at all times and also
for his sacrificing his own interests
and staying in tlie hotel room with
the team members when whiling away
the monotonous hours of waiting was
not such an easy matter for the boys.
Wc wish to thank the many loyal
fans who made the trip to Columbus
to cheer the boys on and those who
although unable to make the trip were
Deputy Registrar Willis States
1,900 Still To Register
With hut eight days remaining before the present 1938 license plates
expire only slightly more than 600
of the estimated, 2,500 plates for this
vicinity have been issued according to
Ralph E. Willis, deputy registrar for
Plain township. »-■ -
Mr. Willis urges motorists who
have not yet secured their 1939 plates
to come in this week-end and the
early part of next week to avoid the
last minute rush on Thursdav. and
Friday.
"The sale of plates has been below
normal so far," Willis said, "and with
approximately 1,900 more plates to be
issued in this vicinity it appears there
will be a last minute rush to get them
as the deadline nears."
Loren Smith, who is assisting in
the registration, also revealed that
many motorists have been coming in
with only their 1938 license registration slip and that this is not suffi-
cent to receive new plates. It is
necessary to have a certificate of title,
or memorandum certificate, clerk's
certificate, or bill of sale in order to
purchase license plates.
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Mrs. Mary Buchman
Dies Tuesday Noon
Middlebranch Residents Sue
cuinbs After Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Mary Phillips Buchman, 84,
died in her home at Middlebranch
Tuesday noon following a lengthy illness.
Born in Canton, she moved with
her parents to Middlebranch at the
age of two and has resided there since
that time. Her husband preceded her
indeath several years ago.
She is survived by a. sister, Mrs.
Leatha Brown of Hopeland, Calif.;
a brother, George Phillips of near
Middlebranch; a grandniece, Dorothy
Royer, whom she raised.
At one time, Mrs. Buchman had
been a member of the Werner U. B.
church but in later years attended the
First Brethren church.
Funeral sendees will be held in the
home Friday afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
with the Rev. C. L. Warstler in
charge. Burial will be made in the
Warstler cemetery.
The body is at the Spiker Funeral
parlors and will be removed to the
home Thursday afternoon.
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100th Anniversary
of Greentown Church
Joyful Residents
Have Reception
for State Champs
Blaring Horns of Nearly 200
Autos Accompany Victorius
Team Through Massillon and
Canton on Return Trip
pivot shot shortly before Link dribbled in for a layup shot. Peters ended the first half scoring with a pivot
Raymond E. Trachsel
Raymond A. Swope
Francis E. Hammond
(Editors note: This is the second, installment of the history of
the Methodist church in Greentown as written by the pastor,
the Rev. L. E. Smith.)
The following pastors served the
church during this period: 1857, Rev.
Lane; 1859, Rev. Baker; 1864, F. D.
Fast; 186G, Wm. Gamble; 1868, J. W.
Shirer; 1871, G. D. Kinear; 1872, C.
M. McCasline; 1874, H. W. Stewart;
1876, W. Bedall; 1878, J. A. Wright;
1879, P. G. Edmunds; 1881, C, H. Edwards; 1882, J. W. Robins; 1885, G. F.
Oliver; 1888, J. R. Smith; 1888, J. G.
Slusser; 1889, Reverend Moses; 1892,
J. T. Herron; 1895, J. F. Huddleson;
1896, O. B. Jones; 1897, J. A. Rutledge; 1900, J. B. Manley; 1902, E, E.
Sparks.
It is not known when the first parsonage was built but during the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Robins in
1883 or 1884 the old parsonage was
moved away and the present one constructed. During the pastorate of
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Wildly acclaiming the team that annexed the state championship, residents of this community met them at
the county line upon their return from
Columbus and with blaring horns accompanied them back to North Canton Sunday afternoon.
In the neighborhood of 70 cars
awaited them when they arrived at
the line east of Massillon short after
2 p. m. A police escort led the parajje
through Massillon thence to Canton
and left on Cleveland avenue down
to the school where a short victory
celebration was held.
As the parade got under way, more
and more cars joined until nearly 200
cars made up the three-mile procession. With signs of every size and
description on cars proclaiming them
as champions and festooned in the
school colors, drivers did not spare
their horns on the way home.
Upon arrival at the school, the
team followed the band into the gymnasium which was filled completely
with happy cheering people. After a
stirring inarch played by the band,
C. B. Williams introduced Mayor
Frank Evans who welcomed the boys
back home and complimented them
on their victory.
Team, Townspeople Complimented
Clair Studer and Superintendent R.
E. Trachsel gave short talks praising the boys and the cooperation of
students and townspeople who backed
the team 100 per cent as they battled
for state honors. Coach Ray Swope
was then introduced and following his
short talk explaining how the boys
came through the boys themselves
were introduced.
As each boy stood, wild /cheering
literally lifted the rafters from the
building and despite the gladness of
the occasion there were many a tear
that coursed down the cheek of the
boys themselves and others in the
audience. At the conclusion of the
program individual congratulations
were in order.
On Friday afternoon a special assembly will be held in honor of the
bovs and presentation of the trophy
to the school will be made. The boys
will be further honored at the Father-
Son banquet in the evening.
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Birthday Celebration
W. B. A. Honors Members at
Regular Meeting
Twelve members of The Women's
Benefit association whose birthdays
occur in the first three months of the
year, were honored at the regular
meeting of the club last Friday evening.
Mrs. Elma Snyder who was 78 that
day is one of the oldest members.
Spring bouquets of red roses and
yellow daffodils lent an air of festivity to the occassion. Each table
was centered with a beautifully decorated birthday cake.
Each of the twelve honored guests
was presented with a red rose and a
beautiful crystal rose bowl.
The next regular meeting of the W.
B. A. will be held at the home of
Mrs. Ida Willigmann on Portage
street next Wednesday afternoon
March 29.
Letters Compliment Team and
Coach on Fine Play
Letters, phone calls and telegrams
have been received for the past three
days at the high school congratulating Coach Ray Swope and the team
on their victory but more so on the
sportsmanship shown by them in
tournament play.
Persons absolutely unknown lo
school . officials have been writing
stating they have never seen a team
that exhibited as much sportsmanship
as did the Vikings. They gained
many rooters at the tourney through
this medium and their praises have
been sung far and wide for this reason alone.
A striking example of Ibis was
passed on to us by Max Messerly who
while waiting for one of the games
was engaged in conversation by a
Columbus man who did not know that
Mr. Messerly was from North Canton.
This man showed a fine knowledge
of the game and revealed many interesting facts about the teams and
the players.
He finally began to discuss lhe
North Canton players and as he did
he stated that he had never seen a
finer and cleaner bunch of boys in
action than they. He raved about
their sportsmanship and told Mr.
Messerly to watch them as they played. As the boys came on the floor
he said, "I hope they come through
this tournament."
When the game got under way,
quite naturally Mr. Messerly began
to cheer for North Canton as did
his companion. Upon learning that
Mr. Messerly was from North Canton
his companion stated "You people in
North Canton should be proud over
the way those boys conduct themselves in their games. I've followed
basketball for many years and I've
never had more pleasure watching a
team play as I get from watching
those boys."
When the game was over and tho
boys had shook hands with the
referees and their opponents and
and walked off the floor with the boys
whom they had just defeated with
arms around them, this man Nirned
and said, "See what I mean. They
shake hands with th; referees, they
compliment their opponents and walk
off the floor with tiieir, lhe best of
friends. That's what 1 call real
sportsmanship and they certainly deserve to win this tournament an that
alone."
Appearance of the band also
brought forth much comment. Rated
as the snappiest band present, they
aided in no little way to keep the
spirits of the crowd and team at a
high ebb at all times. The expense
of keeping them in Columbus and
the team is quite adequately handled
by the large bonus the school received
by winning the championship.
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Roger Shoemaker,
Birdine Rayot Marry
Ceremony Performed in Louisville Church Recently
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Birdine Rayot
to Roger Shoemaker Saturday evening, March 4, in the Louisville Paradise Reformed parsonage with the
Rev. E. E. Zeichiel officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Rayot of 'Louisville
while the bridegroom is the son of
/-. . i ™;„. nff„_ "A ctrni,o-o I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shoemaker of
Greentown Juniors Offer A Stiangc | MiddIobranch.
To Have Annual
Father-Son
Banquet Friday
Jimmy Aiken, Akron University
Coach To Address Group On
Sports Rundainentals; Team
To Be Honored
Music Club Guests
of Woman's Club
Music Appreciation Theme of
Monday Evening Meeting-
North Canton Woman's club held
their evening meeting in the club
rooms of the Community building
March 20 with Dr. Hanson and the
North Canton Music club as guests.
Mrs. Foster Crawford, vice president, presided. Mrs. George Henderson, music chairman, introduced the
following artists:
William Meyer, violinist, accompanied by Gladys Crawford played
"Sonata in D Minor," "Allegro Con
Brio," "Scherzo-Allegro" and "Allegro."
Miss Catherine Andrews sang the
aria from "La Traviata" and Handel's
"Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre." The Hoover octette sang four numbers, "Soldier's Chorus" from Faust, "Homing"
by del Riego, "Lift Thine Eyes" and
"Winter Song" by Bullard.
The annual spring banquet will be
held at Shady Hollow country club,
Monday, April 10 at 6 o'clock. Reservations' can be made with Mrs. Trott.
Mrs. Spitler or Mrs. Bierie.
Following the meeting coffee was
served with Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.
Henderson pouring. Tables were decorated in spring colors. Members of
the executive board served as hostesses.
PRESENT THREE-ACT PLAY
The annual Father-Son banquet
sponsored by the Senior and Junior
Ili-Y's with .the cooperation of lhe
Rotary club will be held in the gymnasium of lhe Community building on
Friday evening of this week at (i:15
p. in. with Jimmy Aiken, coach at
Akron university, as guest speaker.
Aiken is very well known as a
speaker and his anecdotes and discussions of sports fundamentals
makes a very interesting talk. Members of the Stale Championship
basketball team will be spec.al gucsiu
at the banquet.
Tickets have been moving fast and
all those wishing to attend are asked
to make early reservations since it
wil! be limited to 400 persons. All
fathers and sons in the community are
urged to attend.
D. Robert Ginther, Senior Hi-Y
president, will serve as toaslmasLer
while his father, Henry J. Umther,
will act as co-loastmasler. Invocation will be by the Rev. N. B. Emch.
The musical part of the program will
be handled by the Hoover quartet and
Russell Rudy, pianist.
Raymond, of Canton, well-known
chef, will prepare a real Hal.an
spaghetti dinner which can be had
with or without meat. It will be
cafeteria style but 30 members of the
Girl Reserves will help fill seconds;.
The various churches in the community are loaning chairs, tables, and
silverware for the occasion.
The American Legion, Rotary,
business men and the Hoover company are cooperating to make the
team's part in the banquet a success
and the boys will be inliodueed by
Clair Studer. Following the banquet
a movie, Jackie Cooper in "Gangster's
Boy" will be shown.
The committee in charge of arrangements is composed of Bob Kidder, chairman; Glen Forney, Jim Jester, Tom Schick, Lawrence Bishop,
Frank Wise, C. F. McFadden, Ward
Mathie, William Nagle, Wayne Russell, C. B. Williams, T. G. Denton,
and Dave Glass.
New Studebaker
Announced
Bequest" Friday and Saturday
The three-act comedy, "A Strange
Bequest" will be given by the Greentown junior class Friday and Saturday evening in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m.
The play is under the direction of
Mr. Pontius and Mr. Coyle. Members
of the cast include Lois Wise, James
Roth, Virgil Cocklin, Wilbur Shoemaker, Helen Braumbaugh, Mildred
Hossler, Freda Miller, Almeda Brandon, Kathryn Jones.
Speaks at UB Church
They were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Slayman, sister and
brother-in-law of the bridegroom.
The bride wore a tea rose dress
with dubonnet accessories and a corsage of orchids. Mrs. Slayman wore
an Old Rose ensemble with matching
accessories and a corsage of gardenias.
Mrs. Shoemaker has been employed in the Louisville branch of the
Harter bank for many years while
Mr. Shoemaker is associated with the
Economy company of Hartville.
Upon their return from their
Florida wedding trip they will be at
home after April 1 on South Prospect
street, Hartville.
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Legionaires at I
District Conference
Dr. Dewey Whitweli
Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville,
Tenn., who will give two weeks of
evangelistic sermons, prayer praise
and testimony meetings at the First
United Brethren church, corner 5th
and Cleveland, SW., in Canton from
March 26 to April 9.
The meetings will be held every
evening except Saturday with special
music at all services.
Dedication of New Minerva
Home Also to Be Held
The North Canton post of the
American Legion will be represented
at the 10th district conference at
Minerva March 26, which day will
also be the dedication of the new-
Minerva Legion home.
Due to the large number of legionaries and auxiliary members being
out of town Friday, the birthday
party planned for that evening was
postponed and will in all probability
be held on March 31. According to
information received one North Canton student still remains in the running in the essay contest but the
pupil's name is. not known.
A baseball team sponsored by the
Legion was briefly discussed and
plans for Decoration day were again
brought up.
In checking over the old drum corp
equipment, the committee in charge
discovered there are five bugles missing from the post home. Some of
these probably have been in the hands
of former drum corp members since
the time of their disbanding. The
committee would be glad to have persons who have bugles to notify them
so that proper inventory and record
can be made.
Several members are planning to
attend the county council meeting being held this evening.
Now on Display At- Zumbach
Motor Sales
Four years of research and development by the Studebaker corporation
has culminated with the announcement of the new Studebaker champion
to compete in the low-priced field.
Engineers started with a clean
sheet of paper and before a line was
put on the drawing board, or a single
specification was determined upon,
thousands of owners and prospective
owners of lowest-priced cers were interviewed to develop a clear picture
of what sort of new ear would be
received with favor by havers in this
field.
An outstanding feature of this car
is the elimination of much dead
weight. Cutting out this excess
weight adds to the economy of operation an important factor for car owners in this field.
They have gone the limit in relieving car surfaces of such wind-catchers as door hinges, trunk hinges, protruding head and tail lamps, running
boards, wide rear fenders, each of
which has been guilty of wind drag
out of all proportion to its size.- This
car is now on display at the Zumbach
Motor sales at 327 North Main street.
Maple Festival
At Chardon To Be Held Four
Days Starting Thursday
With many atlractive features, ihe
annual Geauga County Maple festival will be held in Chardon, March
23, 2-1, 25 and 26. Maple syrup will
be made in old and modern camps
on the park.
As an added attraction to the famous log chopping contests, a cross cut
sawing event has been schedued. .411
northeastern Ohio couples married 50
years or over will be entertained at
a banquet March 23.
A pageant of Geauga county history is to be presented each afternoon
and evening with an orchestra and
cast of 100. Many northeastern Ohio
bands will play.
HONOrIjrTde' ELECT
With Miscellaneous Shower As Dale
of Wedding Approaches
Mrs. Leslie Stoner and Mrs. Clarence Floom were hostesses at a party
Friday evening given in honor of Miss
Dona Jeanne Stoner, bride-elect of
Robert Lee. Kreighbaum, with 30
guests present.
The evening was spent in novelty
games with awards going to Misses
Mildred Reigle, Helen Moore and
Ethel Winfiefd.
Decorations were a large shower
umbrella with wedding- bells hanging
from the chandalier. A plate lunch
was served with favors in keeping
with St. Patrick's day. Miss Stoner
was the recipient of a miscellaneous
shower.